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Today, Sunlight offers two interpretations of Quatrain 193:
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O my Beloved,
The thought of you keeps me from you.
The thought of your face covers your face.
When I remember your lips,
they fade away.
When I think of your kisses
they come no more.
-- Version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva
A Garden Beyond Paradise
Bantam Books, 1992
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Invoking Your name
does not help me to see You.
I'm blinded by the light of Your face.
Longing for your lips
does not bring them any closer.
What veils You from me
is my memory of You.
-- Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999
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